Researchers Annet van Royen-Kerkhof

Annet van Royen-Kerkhof

Full Professor

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Biography

Dr A. van Royen-Kerkhof is senior consultant in Pediatric Immunology and Rheumatology at the department of Pediatric Immunolgy an Rheumatology of the Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital Utrecht, the Netherlands. She obtained her MD degree in 1990 at the Medical School of the University of Utrecht. She was trained as a paediatrician from 1991-1996 In Utrecht and Eindhoven (Catharina Ziekenhuis) In 2002 she achieved her specialist degree in Pediatric Immunolgy and Rheumatology. In 2005 she finished her PhD thesis on “Fcg-receptors in the clinics”.
The main focus of her clinical work is on Immune-Mediated Inflammatory Diseases, the research focus is on Juvenile Dermatomyositis.

Currently she is involved in the development of the Medical/Research Master programme SUMMA in the University Medical Center Utrecht (2016-present).

As a member of the Medical Ethical Committee she was involved in reviewing investigational protocols for research in children and persons who are incapable of giving consent.

Currently she is involved in the national and international discussions on accessibility of (expensive) treatment in pediatric patients

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Contact

aroyen@umcutrecht.nl

Pure profile

Research groups

Life sciences education research

Research aim

We aim to develop adaptive, creative, responsible future health professionals by investigating learning in education and at workplaces. This leads to evidence-informed education and innovations that foster the health domain.

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Recent publications

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Bridging the Gap Eva Stortelder, Fokie Huizenga, Iris Homan, Hodayseh Miaei, Richard Horenberg, Annet Van Royen-Kerkhof, Harold V.M. Van Rijen, Joyce L. Browne
Perspectives on medical education, 2026, vol. 15, p.270-278

Adoption of new treatment options in non-systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) in clinical practice Hedda C Lamers, Erika Van Nieuwenhove, Sebastiaan J Vastert, Marc H A Jansen, Annet van Royen-Kerkhof, Joost F Swart, Sytze de Roock
Pediatric rheumatology online journal, 2025, vol. 23

IFN-α levels correlate with muscle disease activity only in juvenile dermatomyositis patients with anti-MDA5 ^þ autoantibodies Thomas R J Moreau, Vincent Bondet, Saskia R Veldkamp, Diego Bletry, Juliette Ramos, Etienne Villain, Naïm Ouldali, Marie-Alexandra Alyanakan, Christine Bodemer, Samuel Bonhomme, Glory Dingulu, Cécile Dumaine, Ngoc-Bao Duong, Jean-Luc Charuel, Laurye-Anne Eveillard, Benjamin Fournier, Marie-Louise Frémond, Arnaud Isapof, Pierre Quartier, Caroline Vinit, Anne Welfringer-Morin, Annet van Royen-Kerkhof, Femke van Wijk, Cyril Gitiaux, Marc Jansen, Isabelle Melki, Darragh Duffy, Brigitte Bader-Meunier, Mathieu P Rodero,
Rheumatology (Oxford, England), 2025, vol. 65

Analytical performance of commercial myositis-specific autoantibody tests evaluated against immunoprecipitation assays as a reference standard Takahisa Gono, Albert Gil-Vila, Albert Selva-O'Callaghan, Annet van Royen-Kerkhof, Anett Vincze, Christopher Mecoli, Diana Gómez-Martín, Dörte Hamann, Edoardo Conticini, Zoltán Griger, Jose Jiram Torres-Ruiz, John D Pauling, Hector Chinoy, Latika Gupta, Levente Bodoki, Noreen Nasir, Pallavi Pimpale Chavan, Raju Khubchandani, Trallero-Araguás Ernesto, Yasuhito Hamaguchi, Lisa G Rider, Rohit Aggarwal, Sarah Tansley, Johan Rönnelid, Masataka Kuwana, Neil J McHugh,
Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism, 2025, vol. 75

Effect of Time to Start of Biologic Therapy on Treatment Response in Childhood Arthritis Jelleke B. de Jonge, Sytze de Roock, Dieneke Schonenberg-Meinema, J. Merlijn van den Berg, Deborah A. Marshall, Sebastiaan J. Vastert, Rae S.M. Yeung, Joost F. Swart, Susanne M. Benseler, Adam Huber, Bianca Lang, Chelsea DeCoste, Elizabeth Stringer, Suzanne Ramsey, Alan Rosenberg, Kate Neufeld, Mehul Jariwala, Tristan Kerr, Alexander Mosoiu, Alisa Rachlis, Amy Xu, Arthur Cheng, Brenleigh Jebb, Brian Feldman, Bruno Pereira, Deborah Levy, Dilan Dissanayake, Elizaveta Limenis, Evelyn Rozenblyum, Harper Cheng, Jennifer Ji Young Lee, Lynn Spiegel, Rayfel Schneider, Ronald Laxer, Ruud Verstegen, Shirley Tse, Trang Duong, Andrea Human, David Cabral, Herman Tam, Jaime Guzman, Kim Morishita, Annet van Royen-Kerkhof, Berent Prakken, Erika Van Nieuwenhove, Marc Jansen, Nico Wulffraat, Elizabeth Legger, Ellen Schatorje, Michelle Kip,
Arthritis & Rheumatology, 2025, vol. 78, p.743-751

Safety, immunogenicity and efficacy of the Shingrix vaccine in immunocompromised varicella zoster virus naïve pediatric patients Mohamad Hamad Saied, Noehaila El Bied, Lana Khoury, Sebastiaan J Vastert, Joost Swart, Annet van Royen, Erika van Nieuwenhove, Victorien M Wolters, Joris van Montfrans, Frans Verduyn Lunel, Sytze de Roock, Marc Jansen
Vaccine, 2025, vol. 64

Fellowships & Awards

Stichting KAISZ (WKZ estafetteloop): 5000, -
OBI project (Novartis): 10.000,-
Guidelines NVKR (Abbott): 16.000,-
Basic research (Regulatory T cells in Juvenile Dermatomyositis) 30.000,-
(De Bas Stichting)
Prinses Beatrix Spierfonds:. 185.955,-

(Biomarkers voor ziekteactiviteit bij Juveniele Dermatomyositis)

SKMS project Dure en Weesgeneesmiddelen 60.000,-

Awards of AIO
Judith Wienke award Young Investigator Meeting EULAR/PReS, Rom4 Italy, June 9^th 2015:

CXCL10, TNFR2 and Galectin-9 correlate with disease activity in Juvenile Dermatomyositis.

External positions

Member MCTC Steering committee - Advisory role in design of clinical trials to meet the needs of pediatric myositis patients - Myositis Clinical Trial Consortium

Lid Toetsingscommissie - Toetsvragen ontwerpen voor voortgangstoets in opleiding Kindergeneeskunde - Nederlandse Vereniging voor Kindergeneeskunde

Member EULAR-PAED Committee - Member working party to improve collaboration between EULAR and PReS on Rheumatic diseases - EULAR-PAED

Secretaris - Secretaris Landelijke interdisciplinaire werkgroep Myositis, verslaglegging, organisatie - Myositis Netwerk Nederland

Vice-chair - Internationale werkgroep voor diagnostiek en behandeling van Juveniele Dermatomyositis - SiG SHARE guidelines IMACS

Medisch Adviseur - Medisch advies over onderwerpen aangedragen door het stichtingsbestuur - DeBasstichting

Medisch Adviseur - Medisch advies over onderwerpen aangedragen door de werkgroep Myositis - Vereniging Spierziekten Nederland